Magdalene Mountain
NE Ridge - Class 2+
Trailhead: Top of the Rockdale 4x4 road near Clohesy Lake
Route: NE Ridge
Distance: 11.2 Miles
Elevation Gain: 3925ft
Time: 6 Hours
Partners: Solo
GPX
One of my favorite Sawatch hikes... assuming you don't have to hike the road.
A fun 4x4 road with stream crossings, a gentle hike in a gorgeous area, easy 2+ scrabling up the ridge to the summit. What's not to like?
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Distance: 11.2 Miles - Elevation Gain: 3925ft
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The 4x4 road was blocked by avy carnage a few hundred yards from the gate.
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Looking south up the valley on the hike in
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Huron and company to the northwest
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Just me and my shadow
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Emerald
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Looking east to the saddle that leads to Silver King Lake and access to Magdalene's NE Ridge
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Looking east to Harvard from the saddle
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Magdalene
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Looking back to Emerald and the saddle
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Magdalene and Silver King Lake
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I hopped on this ridge and found a relatively nice trail that lead to the saddle below the NE ridge
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Looking NE to Oxford and Belford
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Harvard in the distance
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Magdalene's fun scrambly ridge
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Summit Selfie
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Oxford, Belford Missouri and Emerald.
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Harvard and Columbia
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Silver King Lake
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Silver King Lake
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Huron, Ice and the Apostles
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Clohesy Lake
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Clohesy Lake
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Lovin the Tacoma on these roads
